AuthorGreen, Steven K. (Steven Keith), 1955-
TitleThe Bible, the school, and the Constitution [electronic resource] : the clash that shaped the modern church-state doctrine / Steven K. Green
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199827909.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 294 p.) : ill

SUMMARY

Steven K. Green tells the story of the 19th-century School Question, the nationwide debate over the place and funding of religious education, and how it became a crucial precedent for American thought about the separation of church and state


SUBJECT

  1. United States. Supreme Court -- History
  2. Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases
  3. Freedom of religion -- United States -- Cases
  4. Church and state -- United States -- History
  5. Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History